Couple murdered inside their home in south Cyprus

A school teacher aged 60 and his wife, 59, were found in a pool of blood having been stabbed to death with a knife in their bedroom in Strovolos, Nicosia, south Cyprus in the early hours of Thursday morning.

According to report by Greek Cypriot daily Cyprus Mail, their 14-year-old adopted son managed to escape to a neighbouring house, and said the perpetrators had forced entry into the house. He was reportedly told that no harm would come to him.

The incident happened at around 1.30am in a two-storey detached house located on Zalongou Street, a quiet neighbourhood.

Police later said there was no sign of forced entry into the building and it didn’t appear to be a robbery.

The 60-year-old man, Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, was a maths teacher at the English School in Nicosia, while his wife, Dina Sergiou, worked for the Central Bank of Cyprus.

Officers are searching for two perpetrators, who reportedly spoke with a Cypriot dialect and wore black clothes and hoods.
 
One neighbour said the couple, who moved there around eight years ago, were quiet; of the teacher, he said he was also religious.

Edited from Cyprus Mail